Carton for half-tones and woodcuts.



H. J. KERSTING.

CARTON FOR HALF TONES AND wooncn'rs.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.13. 1913.

1,1 15,683. Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

WH'nesses Invenf'or THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON. D. C.

HARRY 5.,xnnsm11vo, or cnvorivivhrri, oHfIo.

. To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY J. KERSTING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county? of Hamilton and S ta'te of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cartons for Half-Tones, and Noodouts, of which the following is aspecification.

L It isthe object of my invention to provide a collapsible tubing and cartons made there from applicable for iemployment in c'onnecl tionvvithhalf-tones and woodcuts. I

One of the great dravv-backsin the making of half-tones and Wood-cuts has be'entheirextremesusceptibility to having their en graved 'surfaces 'scratched -011 marred, this susceptibility beingso greatthat great loss has resulted therefrom, in fact in practice it is often necessary for, the maker of the half-tones or Wood-outs tojjreproduce the same for thereason that the same have becomescratehed or marred before they have left thehands oftheconcern doing the engraving; Great loss has also resultedto the half-tones and WOOd-CULZS during and after shipment and in handling. l-lalf-tones"and Wood-cuts are further of all lengths and widths, but are all type-high. rule widths- 7 vary, and sov do the lengths'ofeach dth,

the length and, Widthbeingj purely arbi-1 'trary. It has been attempted heretofore to wrap half-tones, Wood-cuts and the like n .Ysult being that if boXesW'ere employed at packages, and also to incl'ose the same in boxes, but in practiceboth' thesejmethods have been found deficient forthe reason that it was necessary to Wrap and unwrap the packages and itivas found, in"prjactice, impossible to supply boxes of such varying} dimensions as are necessary for accommodating different sizes of Wood-cuts, thereall, they would not fit the various Wood-outs,

the, result being shiftingof the half-tone or Wood-cutflin the box, and'consequent seratchingand marrin'g of the engraved or etched:

surfacevof the same.

; I It is the ta s of my invention {a [avo d all ofthese objectionsandto provide'a jnovel? carton "tube which is collapsible and is arranged .to be made infd'i fiterent Widthsiand to be severed into different lengths, butall of the, same having an interior height equal to [type-height, and to so construct the that collapsibleand tllatthe vvall Specification of Letters Patent. Ap ucaaon fiieap cembr 13,1913. 3 Serial No. 806,519.

of the tubi [CARTON r03 HALF-{BONES nn woonouuis i thereof presented to the etched'or engraved surface ofthe half-tensor Wood-cut is or Patented Nov, 3,1314

a Iclouble fthiekness'of I the material out of i which thecartonjis niade,soffas to form a protecting cover for a the etched for engraved surface.

The materialjl' prefer, toivleniploy is a highly calendered card+board ofjtou'gh texture'jand comparat y Stiff body I r q fer toemploy Whatis known-in the trade as (I employ 1 tubes? of'l' the character "men tioned of such widths asfto accommodate the j'half-tones "or' Wood-cuts of various y idths it is desired to provide, for; I The tu'besv afre made ofindefinitej lengthfpreferably about "three feet in length, and so a1 rangedthatseetions ofth esa'lnejlnay be cut oil thetube'of a length equaling thelength of'the woodcut it i sfldesiredto i'nclose. s I also pre'ferto'prov denovel end-closing preferably, so arranged as to"receive mark ungs to lndicate the Wood-cut contained therein.

a means for thei'tube sectionfthus severed so, arranged that thesame may be elnployed 1 1n the carriage of 'the wood-cutl and fused subsequently for storing the same,v the outer 5 surface of the 'ecarton thus formed ibeing 8 01 Myfjinvention Willfbelfurtherreadily v derstood from the -following description and claimsfand fIfOInIthB drawings which broken awa yfi and shown provided with creases arranged for, forming my improved '{Figure 1; sjapiantiw Maia, ma

tubing.- Fig. 2:.represefntsa perspective view ,1

constructed according to myflin fltio uth p same beingfshownl in "collapsed" relation; 's- 3 ape'rspective view of ai eccionzof "my improved tubing in set-up relation, but I, v lQ l of a ifi li twidth from the tubing ng,'laid"flat', partly broken away, 7

view, partly broken away, "'of my improved carton in closed relation', shownse ctioned on the line 4 4: ofjFig, 6. Fig. 5 is a vertical {longitudinal section of myimprovedcarton taken on the line e 4 ofFig. 6, o'neof the end-closures being shown closed iand the otherlend-closure being shownpartly closed. 'Fi'ggfiis avert ieal cross-section of my improvedicartononjthe'line 6-6 ofFig; 5, "and jjshoyving; a half-tone 1 inclosed thereby;

Fig. 7 is an outer perspective view of one of the end-closures. Fig. '8 is an inner perspective View of the same. Fig. 9 is a cross-section on a line corresponding to the line 99 of Fig. 4, showing the arrangement of the flaps of the endclo-sure when a half-tone is inclosed in the carton. in vertical cross-section taken on the line 1010 of Fig. '5, showing the manner in which the end of the bottom wall of the carton is gripped by the grip; and, Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the securing clip.

11 represents a blankout of which my 1mproved tubing is constructed. 1 The blank 1s of a suitable length so that the bodies of a number of cartons of desirable lengths may be made therefrom. The blank is provided, with longitudinal creases 12, 13, 14; and 15, for locating sides 16 and 17 of the carton, which have an inside height which is type high, a bottom 18, and top flaps 19, 20, the

7 top flaps and the bottom being of equal width, namely of a width to accommodate thewidth of a half-tone or wood-cut to'be inclosed by the carton, the inclosure being hereinafter referred to as the half-toneb The bottom and thetop flaps maybe made of various widths, so as to form cartontubes of diiferent'widths, theseywidths being arranged in series forming steps of say a quarter inch difference in widths, or as may be desired, for accommodating the widths of the half-tones it is desired to place within the cartons. f

y In forming up the tubing thetop' fiaps19 and 20 are placedone upon the other, with a coating 21 of paste therebetween, so as to paste the two top flaps together and form a reinforced top 22 of double thickness for the carton tubing,to ward which the face of the half-tone is presented when received in the carton. This tubing is so formed that it may be collapsed for taking up little space and for being cut to desired lengths for accommodating half-tones it is desired to place within the same. The respective tubings may have sections of different lengths cut therefrom, one of which is shownat 23. This section is cut fromthe tubing whose inside dimensions correspond to the width of the half-tone it isfdesired to inclose and of a lengthto correspond to the length of said half-tone.

In Fig. 3 I illustrate a tubing of different width, theparts thereof being indicated by similar but primed reference numerals. End-closures for the severed section of tubing are provided, these end-closures being all of a height to correspond to the height of the tubing, which is type-high, and are:

made in selective widths to correspond to the widths of the selective tubings. It'will thus be seen that the same width of endclosure can be used for all tube-sections of corresponding width, irrespective of the Fig. 10 is a detail ping the body of the carton.

lengths of the same. Means are also provided for readily attaching these end-closures to the tube-sections and also for readily releasably closing the same. My invention enables a very great variety in sizes of cartons to be readily assembled from a minimum variety of stock-pieces. The end'closures I prefer to employ are shown at 25. These end-closures comprise an end wall 26 to which side flaps 27 are hinged by creases 28 and a bottom flap 29 is hinged by a crease 30. A gummed tape 31 is pasted alongone edge thereof to the top edge of said end wall, the other edge of said gummed tape overhanging said top edge of said end wall, forming an overhanging edge 32 provided at its inner face with a line of paste .33, by means of which when moistened, the endclosure is pasted to the end of the outer face of the top of the severed section of tubing, formingha hinge-connectionv for said endclosure. The side-flaps 2'? are received between the half-tone, shown at 34:, when received in the carton, and'the side-walls of the body of the'carton, and the bottom flap 1-9 is received between the bottom of the half-tone and the bottom 18 of the carton.

The face 35 of the halftone is protected throughout its areaby the double thickness of the top of the carton, thereby insuring said face, whether etched, engraved or produced by other method, against injury.

I prefer to provide means whereby the end-closures are releasably held closed, these means being secured to the end-closures, so that when said end-closures are attached to the body of the carton, its closing means are alsoattached in position ready for use. This is shown accomplished by means of clips 36,

which comprise an attaching plate 37, provided with prongs 38, received through the end wall26 of theend-closure, and bent at the inner, face thereof. Jaws 39 and 40 extend from said attaching plate and are ar ranged to be parallel with the bottom wall of the carton when said endclosure is closed, the ends of said bottom wall being received between said jaws. The jaw 39 is formed, by reversely bending the metal "of said clip at 4:1 for forming the reversely extending plies 4L2, 43, thereof, the ply 42 extending from the attaching plate at the bend 44in the-metal sheet. The jaws are connected together by a rounding 15 of the metal, forming a spring between the jaws for normally urging the same toward each other, a

vp1 1ll-ring 4i6 being preferably received in said rounding. The outeredge of thej aw. 410 is serrated, as shown at 17, for readily gripv For further insuring a firm holdof the clip upon. the

body of the carton, I provide the jaws respectively with inwardly extending proj ections 48 and 49, which alternate on opposite jaws forfiexin'g the end of the carton-wall what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: a

1. A carton of the character described, comprising a body formed up with type-high .sides, and a bottom and a top equal to the width ofthe half-tone to be contained therein, said top formed with a pair of flaps each of which extends from a crease or score con-o necting the same with a side wall of said carton, the edge of each of said flaps which is distanced from its crease or score registering with the crease or score at the inner edge of the other of said flaps, and closures for the ends of said body, said closures comprising an end wall for thecarton and a pair of side-flaps and a bottom-flap hinged to said end wall by means of creases, said flaps arranged to be received between the half-tone in said carton and the walls of said carton, and, a gummed strip secured along one of its edges to that edge of said end wall which is opposite to and parallel with said crease by whichsaid bottom-flap is hinged to said end wall, and the other edge of said gummed strip overhanging said end wall and arranged to be secured across theend of said top of said body, constructed and arranged 7 that bodies and closures are made in various widths, and said closures of glVGHWldtllS arfcopl es of this patent may be obtained 1 I f g; ranged tobe selectively hinged to bodies of or five cents each, by addressing Washington, D. G.

equal width vtherewith by'means of i said gummed overhanging edges of said gummed strips. a a

2. A carton of the character described,

comprising a body formed up with type-high sides, and a bottom and a top equ'alto the width of the half-toneto be contained therein, said top formed with a pair of flaps each of which extends from a crease or score connecting the same'withaside wall of said carton, the edge of each" of said flaps which is distanced from its crease or score registering with the'crease or score at the inner edge of the other of said flaps, and closures for the ends of said body, said closures comprising an endwall for the carton, and a palr of side-flaps and a bottom-flap hinged to said end wall by means of creases, said vflaps arranged to be received between the half-tone insaid carton and the walls of said carton,

a gummed strip secured along one a of its edgesto 'that edge of said .end'wall which is opposite to and parallel with said crease by which said bottom-flap is hingedto said end wall, the other edge of said gummed strip overhanging said end wall, and a metalfriction-clip at said last-named crease comprising jaws between which the end of said bottom is releasably-gripped, constructedand arranged thatbodies and closures" are made in various widths, and said closures of given widths'arranged to be selectively hinged to bodies of equal width therewith by means of said gummed overhanging edges of said gummed strips.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the scribing witnesses. I

HARRY J. KERSTING.

presence of two sub- Witnesses:

NATHANIEL MAXWELL, THERESA M. SILBER.

the Commissioner of Patents, 

